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A4142 crash in Oxford on 5 January 1994 at 17:13 involving a Volkswagen Golf

Two Volkswagen Golfs were involved in a crash on the A4142 in Oxford at 17:13 on Wednesday 5 January 1994. The 23-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 29-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Jan 1994
Wednesday, 17:13
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.75947, longitude -1.19511, in the OX3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Oxford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199443P016014
Council area
Oxford
Police force
Thames Valley
Highway authority
Oxfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4142
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
4142

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 November 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 199443P016014 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Oxford road accident statistics for 1994.